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Jeanne
replied to Forgiveness
on March 26th, 2025 at 16:52
not seven times, but seventy times seven times...often rings in my head....
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Girlie L.
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 26th, 2025 at 16:21
The Light of the World
When we are bothered by something that is beyond our control, we do not despair. It is only temporary. In those times, our faith in God must be stronger. His…
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Ralph
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 26th, 2025 at 9:44
Ralph on Morning Prayer for Wednesday in the 3rd week of Lent on March 26th, 2025 at 9:10
Grant, we pray, O Lord, that, schooled through Lenten observance and nourished by your word, through holy restraint, we may be devoted to you with all our heart and be…
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hazcompat
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 26th, 2025 at 8:25
Lectio, meditatio, oratio and contemplatio!
God reveals Himself, not in response to our exertions, but in response to the humility and simplicity that come through faith, that is, through the contemplation of the Scriptures and…
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hazcompat
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 26th, 2025 at 8:24
Lectio, meditatio, oratio and contemplatio!
God reveals Himself, not in response to our exertions, but in response to the humility and simplicity that come through faith, that is, through the contemplation of the Scriptures and…
Amen, and we pray for the world, to see and came back to our MERCIFUL and LOVING LORD.
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on March 26th, 2025 at 0:50
<a href="https://www.preces-latinae.org/Thesaurus.html" rel="nofollow ugc">Contents</a><strong>Ave Maris Stella</strong><strong>Hail Star of the Ocean</strong><a href="https://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/BVM.html" rel="nofollow ugc">BVM</a>Ave Maris Stella is a popular liturgical hymn of unknown origin. It can be dated back to at least the 9th century for it is preserved in the Codex Sangallensis, a 9th century manuscript now in the Swiss Monastery of St. Gallen. Its appearance in the Codex points to a composition possibly in the 8th century. The hymn is frequently attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) and sometimes has been attributed to King Robert (1031), both of whom are too late to have authored it. It has also been attributed to Venantius Fortunatus (d 609) and Paul the Deacon (d 787). It is found in ancient codices of the Divine Office for Vespers on Marian feasts. Today it is still in use in the Divine Office and in the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin.AVE maris stella,Dei Mater alma,atque semper Virgo,felix caeli porta. HAIL, O Star of the ocean,God's own Mother blest,ever sinless Virgin,gate of heav'nly rest. Sumens illud AveGabrielis ore,funda nos in pace,mutans Hevae nomen. Taking that sweet Ave,which from Gabriel came,peace confirm within us,changing Eve's name. Solve vincula reis,profer lumen caecismala nostra pelle,bona cuncta posce. Break the sinners' fetters,make our blindness day,Chase all evils from us,for all blessings pray. Monstra te esse matrem:sumat per te preces,qui pro nobis natus,tulit esse tuus. Show thyself a Mother,may the Word divineborn for us thine Infanthear our prayers through thine. Virgo singularis,inter omnes mitis,nos culpis solutos,mites fac et castos.Virgin all excelling,mildest of the mild,free from guilt preserve usmeek and undefiled. Vitam praesta puram,iter para tutum:ut videntes Iesumsemper collaetemur. Keep our life all spotless,make our way securetill we find in Jesus,joy for evermore. Sit laus Deo Patri,summo Christo decus,Spiritui Sancto,tribus honor unus. Amen. Praise to God the Father,honor to the Son,in the Holy Spirit,be the glory one. Amen. From the Liturgia Horarum. Translation based on a cento from the Roman Breviary. (ref Raccolta, #321).<- <a href="https://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/BVM/AngelusAdVirg.html" rel="nofollow ugc">Prev</a><a href="https://www.preces-latinae.org/Copyright_Notice.html" rel="nofollow ugc">©copyrighted</a> by Michael Martin<a href="https://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/BVM/CaelestisAulae.html" rel="nofollow ugc">Next</a>-><a href="https://www.preces-latinae.org/season.html" rel="nofollow ugc"></a>
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hazcompat
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 25th, 2025 at 18:58
Jesus Christ Is Our Father's Simple Plan For Salvation Since Before Time Began!
"This wisdom is rightly called ‘hidden’. If someone seeks for success and pleasure, comfort and glory in this world, then he loves the wisdom of this world. But if someone…
wonderful to hear these beautiful words.,happy you are back to bless us with your thoughts -from heaven for sure,
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hazcompat
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 25th, 2025 at 8:41
GOD IS LOVE!
Love, simultaneously present at our conception and death, shepherd us beyond this temporal death into eternal life. Your Love is better than life. Joy beyond all joy and bliss beyond…
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Ralph
posted in Personal Reflections
on March 25th, 2025 at 7:34
Ralph on Morning Prayer - Solemnity for Annunciation of the Lord on March 25th, 2025 at 7:16
O God,who willed that your Word should take onthe reality of human flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary,grant, we pray, that we, who confess our Redeemer to be…
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